Triangle for billiard-balls



(No Model.)

G: ROHRBAGH.

TRIANGLE FOR BILLIARD BALLS.

No. 501,256. i Patgnted July 11, 1893.

GarzleZ flafiram/ WITNESSES: /NVENTOH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GABRIEL ROHBBAOH, OF DEL RIO, TEXAS.-

TRIANG LE FOR B|LL|ARD-BALLS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,256, dated July 11,1893.

Application filed September 26, 1892. Serial No. 446,987. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL ROHRBAOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Del Rio, in the county of Val Verde and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Triangles forBilliard-Balls; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in triangles for billiard balls,and it consists in the special construction and arrangement of partswhich will be fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to construct a triangle, which is simplein construction, and to provide a means for holding the balls whenconveying them from the ball holder to the table, and provided with ahinge bottom, so that the balls can be placed on the table, and thetriangle removed without disturbing the balls.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a triangle,which embodies my invention, the bottom being closed in solid linesready for use, and open, as shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2, is a sideview. Fig.3 is

- a View showing arrangement of the springs wood or metal frame,provided with a movable bottom 0 O, which is hinged at a, with a pin orscrew cl and has the extension B in front, bent upward and thenceoutward, to form a handle to open and close the bottom. The apex of thetriangle is made preferably rounded on the outer side as shown.'lheinside and front edges of the doors are made straight, while theoutside is shaped at an angle to conform to the-side D, of the triangle.The handles of the doors slide on the guide E, which is rectangular inform, and has a radius equal to the distance from the hinge or pivot, tothe face of the guide and extends far enough to allow the door to beopened the full width, and the ends are secured to the triangle at e.The guide is provided with the spring F F soldered or riveted to theguide at c c, and extending upward at an angle as'it approaches thecenter, and thence bent downward L' shaped underneath the arm B, toprevent the bottom from being accidentally opened. The guide E has thebridge I), in center to act as a stop for the handle B, and tostrengthen the guide E.

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

A billiard ball, triangle, comprising the sides D, D, provided with themovable doors 0, O, pivoted at their ends a, and the fixed guide E, ontheside of the triangle, provided with the springs F, F, to hold thedoors 0, O, in position, substantiallyas described and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GABRIEL ROHRBA OH.

Witnesses:

JOHN K. PEIROE, B. J. MARTIN.

